Jam-packed evening with film, live sound, shadow play, showcasing the end result of a collaborative Artist In Residence, uniting prominent Japanese filmmakers, and a Frysian collective of poets and musicians.With MAKINO TAKASHI(jp), REI HAYAMA(jp), KEI SHICHIRI(jp), OSAMU SAKOMOTO(jp), MACHINEFABRIEK(nl), TSJINLÛD(nl)

WHY?? – In 2010, brothers Jan and Romke Kleefstra (poet, and musician respectively) travelled to Tokyo accompanied by four Dutch musicians. As a collective they performed at six different venues. One of these performances was highlighted by an audio visual collaboration between the Dutch troupe, four different Japanese filmmakers and a shadow player. The performance featured ‘Nacht en dei’ from the young filmmaker Shinkan Tamaki. On the back of this succesful mini tour, the Japanese filmmakers Makino Takashi, Rei Hayama, Kei Shichiri, and shadow player Osamu Sakamoto were invited to an Artist in Residence in Friesland where new material is currently produced with their Frisian counterparts TSJINLȖD; a group of four poets and three musicians: Elmar and Remco Kuiper, Grytsje Schaaf, Jan and Romke Kleefstra, Anne Chris Bakker and Christiaan Kuitwaard. The Frysians' focal point, to a greater or lesser extent, is subject of landscape, its changes and the ramifications for humans.The objective of this Frysian/Japanese 11 piece crew is to create a new program with equal parts sound, improvisation and film; divided into four sections, each approximately 15 minutes in length, with a total duration of about 1,5 hrs. Machinefabriek will take part in the Rotterdam performance exclusively.* Work by Makino and Kei have been shown at the International Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR).

WHO?? – Makino Takashi is an experimental filmmaker who lives and works in Tokyo. He creates and exhibits films that make full use of all film and video techniques, treating the image and the music as elements of equal importance. In 2001, after graduating from the Cinema Department of Nihon University College of Art, Makino moved to London to study music and lighting design at the atelier of the Brothers Quay. Makino continued to make films after returning to Japan and had a huge output of festival- and solo screenings, live performances and collaborative events since 2004, working a.o. with artists like Jim O’Rourke, Lawrence English and Colleen and more recently Telcosystems, Rutger Zuijdervelt, Floris Vanhoof and Grouper.http://makinotakashi.net/

Rei Hayama started her filmmaking career at the Department of Moving Images and Performing Arts of Tama Art University. She makes films in an attempt to get a glimpse of "significant-others": wild animals and forests as opposed to humans and urban spaces, seeking for locations that seem to be the natural world within the city. Her gentle films are made on 8mm and 16mm and influenced by painting. They have been presented at many venues and festivals internationally including Ann Arbor Film Festival, Courtisane and the International Film Festival Rotterdam.http://reihayama.net/

Kei Shichiri started his professional career working on film sets while a student at Waseda University. He made his debut as a director and screenwriter after 10 years experience as an assistant director for Ryuichi HIROKI and other filmmakers. Many of his works are collaborations with artists in a variety of genres, including “DUBHOUSE” (2012), an experimental short made in cooperation with architect Ryoji SUZUKI that was shown at 25 FPS festival Zagreb, EMAF and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. http://keishichiri.com/

Osamu Sakamoto started working with his self shadows projected on a screen in 1991 and over the years has performed in many collaborations. This will be his first performance outside of Japan.http://osamusakamoto.info/